A new campaign, "Re-Vision: A Change of Art," has been added to the graphic design section. The painting "Mongrel" featured in this campaign is by Roderick McClain, an active local artist. Now for the shameless plug portion of this post. This show features work by students of the MFA Creative Writing program at UNCW. The reception is 10/23/09 from 6-9PM at Parallelogram, the gallery at Castle and 3rd in Wilmington, NC. MFA students will give brief readings at this reception. I am a contiributing artist and my coptic journals, along with a few drawings, will be on display. If you're in the area, you should check it out! The show will be at Parallelogram from Oct. 23rd - Nov. 13th, Wednesday-Saturday, 1-6PM.
This marks the first time I have added a limited edition book to the gallery. They tend to run straight to the vendor and advertise themselves out of stock. For those who would like to learn more about marbled paper, check out Laura Berretti's site, Marbled Arts. The paper I used to cover my "Blue Marbled" journal was produced by Brazilian artist Renato Crepaldi, not Marbled Arts, but in the future I plan to stock marbles by Laura Berretti in Florence, Italy, because all her papers are acid-free.
In their own words, Pomegranate Books is "a progressive, independent bookstore in Wilmington, North Carolina, run by avid readers." This is a genuinely lovely store and I urge you, dear reader, to shop there and enjoy all the independent scene has to offer. My full stock has been moved to Pomegranate and is being sold for the very reasonable prices of $40 for limited edition covers and $35 for standard. Ink and enjoy.
For those who are not local to Wilmington, I would be glad to ship books. Contact me to work out the details. Due to time constraints, I will no longer sell my stock online save by commission, but when possible I will update the gallery with images of new books.
Also, the Star News Online, the web version of the local Wilmington, NC newspaper, published an article about my journals last year. Please check it out!
American Book Arts offers limited edition coptic journals
covered with specialty Japanese papers, both Chiyogami, also referred
to as Yuzen, and Katazome-shi, also referred to as Wazome, which are
exceptionally beautiful and durable papers particularly suited to
bookbinding.
You can read up these gorgeous papers and browse them online at the
Japanese Paper Place
If you find something you want, place a commission by contacting
me with the paper number (located under the sample image, ex.
"732C"), desired number of books, and your contact information.
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